Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4060

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050

Components are close in specs

B GeForce RTX 4060
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+80 GB/s)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+10,200M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+41 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+1024)
  • + TMUs (+32)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+8)
  • + Tensor cores (+32)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+9.61 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+75.12 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+150.25 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+11.1)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+5477)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+5832)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+14581)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+38189)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+37834)
  • + Normalized score (+12.8)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
 Component B
GeForce RTX 4060
Release year 2021 2023 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 4 GB 8 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 2000 MHz (+500 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 192 GB/s 272 GB/s (+80 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W 115 W (+40 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 5 nm (-3 nm)
Transistors (M) 8,700M 18,900M (+10,200M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² 159 mm² (+41 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz —
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz —
CUDA cores 2,048 3,072 (+1024)
TMUs 64 96 (+32)
ROPs 32 48 (+16)
RT cores 16 24 (+8)
Tensor cores 64 96 (+32)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS 15.11 TFLOPS (+9.61 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s 118.10 GPixel/s (+75.12 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s 236.20 GTexel/s (+150.25 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 17.0 28.0 (+11.1)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 17,355 (+5477)
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 10,329 (+5832)
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 26,530 (+14581)
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 101,654 (+38189)
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 99,998 (+37834)
Normalized score 63.1 75.9 (+12.8)

Only in component B

CUDA DLSS ray_tracing

In both

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FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce RTX 4060 Delta
Assassin's Creed Mirage 55 FPS 76 FPS 38.2% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 32 FPS 32 FPS ≈
Baldur's Gate 3 45 FPS 69 FPS 53.3% (B)
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 130 FPS 39.8% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 195 FPS 14.7% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 123 FPS 86.4% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 64 FPS 39.1% (B)
Dota 2 118 FPS 164 FPS 39% (B)
F1 2021 105 FPS 208 FPS 98.1% (B)
F1 22 86 FPS 125 FPS 45.3% (B)
F1 23 87 FPS 144 FPS 65.5% (B)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 128 FPS 88.2% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 75 FPS 70.5% (B)
Fortnite 110 FPS 180 FPS 63.6% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 160 FPS 77.8% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 238 FPS 173.6% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 95 FPS 141 FPS 48.4% (B)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 25 FPS +96% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 124 FPS 148% (B)
Returnal 34 FPS 63 FPS 85.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 191 FPS 135.8% (B)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 110 FPS 54.9% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 87 FPS 55.4% (B)
Valorant 150 FPS 240 FPS 60% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 61 FPS +1.6% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4060 wins 23 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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